Mail-delivery.



C. E. YOUNG.

MAIL DELIVERY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.27,1908.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

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MAIL DELIVERY.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.27,1908.

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CLYDE E YOUNG, OF ERDAHL, MINNESOTA.

MAIL-DE LIVERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 27, 1908.

Patented Dec. 15, 1908.

Serial No. 423,723.

To all whom it may concern:

The invention relates to a conveying apparatus and more particularly to an apparatus for transporting mail from one 10- cality to another, and is especially adapted for use in connection with rural delivery rout-es where the point of the delivery and collection of the mail is located at a distance from the residence or place of business of the person for whom the mail is intended.

Theprimary object of the invention is the V provision of a conveying apparatus having grooved pulley terminals arranged at a distance from each other, a cable trained over the grooved portion of the pulley terminals and having itsfree ends connected to a receptacle such as a letter box for receiving letters, packages, and the I like, which receptacle is adapted to be moved from .one terminal to the other by mani ulation ofthe cable, and tunnels arranged the terminals through whichthe receptacle asses for aiding the travel and also form-' mg supports for'the cable to prevent sagging thereof.

Another object of the invention is the rovision of a conveying apparatus inclu 'ing acable and a receptacle carried thereby for receiving mail and other articles adapted to be transported from one locality to another, said cable having means thereon to indicate the position of the receptacle when the latter has reached the end of its course.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a conveying apparatus which is simple in construction, durable, eflicient 1n operation and inexpensive 1n the manufacture.

In the drawings accompanying and forming art of this specification 18 illustrated 1n detail one advantageous form of embodiment of the invention which, to enable those skilled in the art to practice said invention, will be set forth at length in the following description, while the novelty of the invenintermediate tion will be included in the claims succeeding said description. In the drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of the delivery apparatus. Fi 2 is a side view of one terminal supportlng a ulley and means for operating the latter. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the mail receiving receptacle. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sect onal view thereof. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sec tional view of one tunnel included in the apparatus. Fig. 6 is an end view thereof.

Similar characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the drawings the numerals 10 andll designate the terminal posts arranged at any suitable distance apart with respect to each other and may be of any suitable shape and material, though preferably of wood and of square shape and cross section. Near the upper end of each terminal post 10 and 11 is mounted a pulley wheel 12 which is pivotally connected to said post as at 13. In the peripheral edge of each pulley is a groove 14 for receiving a cable 15, the latter having its free ends provided with loop members 16 forming fastenings for securin said ends to a receptacle 17 adapted to receive mail or other articles for transportation from the terminal post 10 to the terminal post 11 and includes a boat shaped casing 18, producing tapering ends 19 and a hmged cover .20 formin a" closure for said receptacle. termediate the terminal posts 10 and ll are posts 21, the same being spaced a suitable distance from each other. Mounted upon the upper extremity of each post 21 is a cas 'ing 22 having flared opposite end mouth portions 23 and which forms a tunnel through which the receptacle 17 passes during its travel from one terminal post to another. At the interior of each casing 22 and on each side thereof are frictional rollers 24 for contacting with the receptacle 17 when passing through the tunnels and also over which passes the cable 15 to prevent sagging thereof intermediate the ter-, minal posts.

Projecting upwardly from .the casings 22 is lug 25 having an opening 26 for receiving and through which passesthe cable 15 and thereby forming supporting brackets for such cable. Fixed to the pulley 12, carried b the terminal post 11, is a sprocket wheel 2;, over which (passes a sprocket chain, 28,

the latter traine over a driving sprocket 29 having a journal terminating in a crank 31. Said journal has its bearings in a bracket 32 carried by the terminal post 11. On each terminal post 10 and 11 are brackets 33 having eyes 34: through which passes the cable 15 and is adapted to form a stop to limit the movement of the receptacle 1? at the said terminals respectively. Midway between the free terminals of the cable 15 is a member 35 adapted to indicate the position of the receptacle when traveling between the terminal posts 10 andll and also to afiord means for determining when said-receptacle reaches one terminal or the other.

Having described the invention, what is claimed is l. A'conveying apparatus comprising terminal posts, grooved pulleys connected to said posts, a cable trained over the pulleys and suspended thereby, a receptacle connected to the intermediate portion of the cable, tunnels arranged between the posts,

means on the tunnels through which the cable passes to prevent sagging thereof, frictional means within the tunnels and cooperative withthe receptacle, manually operable means for actuating one of the pulleys to impart movement to the cable, and terminal stops for thereceptacle.

2. A conveying apparatus comprising ter-. minal posts, grooved pulleys connected to said posts, a cable trained over the pulleys and suspended thereby, a receptacle connected to the intermediate portion of the cable, tunnels arranged between the posts, IIIGHDS'OII the tunnels through which the cable passes to prevent sagging thereof, frictional means within the tunnels and coopera-tive with the receptacle, manually operable means for actuating one of the pulleys to impart movement to the cable, terminal stops for the receptacle, and means on the cable to indicate the position of the receptacle between the posts.

In testimony whereof, I athx my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

v CLYDE lit. YOUNG. Witnesses:

EDWIN RATHE, EDWIN EIDAL. 

